6–7 Feb 2024
Facultat de Física
Europe/Madrid timezone

Probing cosmic inflation via gravitational waves

6 Feb 2024, 12:10
25m
Aula Magna Enric Casassas (Facultat de Física UB)

Aula Magna Enric Casassas

Facultat de Física UB

Speaker

Mohammad Ali Gorji (University of Barcelona)

Description

We will explain how cosmic inflation generates density waves, responsible for the observed temperature fluctuations on the cosmic microwave background radiation, and gravitational waves (GWs). We will then explore how the new generations of GW detectors can provide us invaluable insights into inflation, inaccessible through cosmic microwave background radiation.

Primary author

Mohammad Ali Gorji (University of Barcelona)

Presentation materials